It's that time of year again. Christmas is just a couple of days away, and over the next week, the two things you'll see are a bunch of bad Bowl games and a look back at the year that was 2008 in sports. We figured we'd get a head start on everyone else.
So, here we go, with the Top Ten Local Stories of 2008. It was a year that had a little bit of everything. Celebration, controversy, and sadness. It was certainly not a dull year in Wisconsin sports. So, here we go going from Number Ten to Number One. Let the debate begin!
Honorable Mention: UW-Whitewater.That's the only Honorable Mention? Maybe the debate should be about how this is a Top 11 list? Yeah, but it goes to 11! Can anyone think of a story that might possibly belong on this list? You'll have to click on that link up top to get Cliff's reasoning.
#10 - Ryan Braun Commits to Milwaukee#9 - Wisconsin Football Falls on Hard Times#8 - Senator Kohl Cleans House#7 - Tom Crean Leaves Marquette#6 - Yost Was Toast#5 - The Rise and Fall of the Packers#4 - CC Comes to Town#3 - Brett Retires#2 - Brett Comes Back, Wearing a Different Color Green#1 Brewers Make The Playoffs
Let's see...Milwaukee (6), Green Bay (3), Madison (1). That is a pretty local top 10 list.
Now, if local means the three largest population centers in the state of Wisconsin, fine. But, if local means statewide, without too much thought I could add De Pere (Hockey), Eleva-Strum (Basketball), um, Grand Chute (Baseball), and Madison (Basketball) (again). Okay, maybe it is tough to get Ashland, Superior, La Crosse, Luxemborg-Casco, and Fennimore involved in this list. There has to be some room for Wausau or Tomah or Necedah though. Thoughts?
Anyway, the Favre saga is one story...one very long and everlasting story. So combine #2 and #3; drop the Braun and Wisconsin football stories to honorable mention; add three of the four stories or events linked above; drop the other one into honorable mention; and there you go.
I'd do a bit more, but I actually have things to do today...Like come up with my own Top 10 list for Midwest League stories in 2009.
107 dies insquequo Oris Dies.
3 comments:
Was that a type-o or are you going to do a little Nostradamus writing?
If it was meant to be top MWL stories for 2008 I've got two submissions:
> Miller Brewing gains control of the taps at TWCF@FCS and every-body's (read: my) favorite Sprecher Rattler Brau is no more.
> 2005 Rattler and former MWL alum Matthew Tuiasosopo makes his big league debut
If it's Nostradamus style....
> Fans (read: I) delight as a new agreement between the Appleton Baseball Club and Sprecher Brewery brings back Rattler Brau
> Rattlers qualify for MWL playoffs for the first time since 2005 as CF Cutter Dykstra leads MWL in batting average, doubles, outfield assists and broken noses sustained while making full speed catches into the outfield wall
In the case of something that I happen to write -- when the choice is between typo and prediction.
Go with typo.
60% of the time, it works every time.
Roger Dodger...
80% of the game is mental, the other half is physical...
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